Channel Express

Channel Express (Air Services) Limited was an airline with its head office in Building 470 at Bournemouth Airport in Christchurch, Dorset, near Bournemouth. It operated scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Channel Islands and nightly cargo services to Europe and throughout the UK on behalf of Royal Mail and other overnight express carriers. Short notice and ad hoc charters were also operated throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as wet-lease operations on behalf of major scheduled airlines. Its main base was Bournemouth International Airport (BOH).

In January 2006 the name Channel Express was dropped, and the company rebranded entirely to become Jet2, the name given to the company's successful low-cost airline.

History

The airline was established in January 1978 and started operations in 1978. It started with daily services to the Channel Islands under the name of Express Air Services using Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft. After securing Post Office contracts in the early 1980s the airline adopted the Channel Express name in 1983. In 2002 Channel Express established its low-cost brand Jet2, whose name it took in January 2006.

Fleet

As of 2005 the Channel Express fleet was made up of:

• 3 Fokker F27
• 6 Airbus A300
• 17 Boeing 737
• 2 Boeing 757
• 5 Lockheed L-188 Electra

Destinations

Belgium

• Brussels - Brussels Airport

Czech Republic

• Prague - Prague Ruzyně International Airport

Denmark

• Copenhagen - Copenhagen Airport

Finland

• Helsinki - Helsinki Airport

France

• Nice - Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
• Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
• Toulouse - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Germany

• Cologne - Cologne/Bonn Airport

Guernsey

• Guernsey - Guernsey Airport

Ireland

• Dublin - Dublin Airport
• Waterford - Waterford Airport

Italy

• Milan - Milan Malpensa Airport
• Naples - Naples International Airport
• Rome - Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport

Jersey

• Jersey - Jersey Airport

Kosovo

• Pristina - Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari

Malta

• Luqa - Malta International Airport

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Poland

• Warsaw - Warsaw Chopin Airport

Portugal

• Funchal - Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
• Lisbon - Lisbon Airport

Spain

• Barcelona - Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
• Palma de Mallorca - Palma de Mallorca Airport
• Murcia - Murcia–San Javier Airport

United Kingdom

• Aberdeen - Aberdeen Airport
• Bournemouth - Bournemouth Airport
• Nottingham - East Midlands Airport
• Edinburgh - Edinburgh Airport
• London - Gatwick Airport
• London - London Stansted Airport
• Manchester - Manchester Airport

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom

References

External links

• Jet2.com Limited
• Channel Express Fleet Detail